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| Page Views: 2,058 Last Visit to Netherlands: 2002 I Visit Here Frequently | Harlingen-Makkum Sailtrip by pieter_jan_v - last update: May 11, 2006 |
|  | Harlingen Departure We made the trip onboard the 100 year old vessel "Iselmar". |
| | More ships were heading out, like the ferry "Friesland" (going to Terschelling). |
| | Looking back at the Harling harbor while sailing on the Waddenzee. |
| | Some other ships on the way to Kornwerderzand. |
| | Kornwerderzand Kornwerderzand is one of 2 spots were you can go from the Waddenzee to the Ijsselmeer through "De Afsluitdijk". This dike of 30 km was made to protect the inner coast of The Netherlands. |
| | Here we pass the rotating bridge; holding up all traffic on the dike. |
| | Almost through; ready to go to the locks. |
| | Kornwerderzand was a stronghold in World War 2. There is a museum made in the old "bunkers". |
| | Going to the locks. |
| | The old lock control post. |
| | And the new one. |
| | Waiting for the water to level out. |
| | Hoisting the sails The main mast is 26 meters high, so there is some hoisting to do. |
| | Lucky there is some gear to make the job easier. |
| | Turning and turning and turning .... |
| | .... and turning .... |
| | .... until .... |
| | .... you reach the top .... |
| | .... and catch some wind. |
| | A slow boat to ............... |
| | Onboard Impressions The father of schipper Jan now is in sailing control. |
| | Downstairs there are cabins with all facilities and a well equipped bar. |
| | Sea air makes hungry. |
| | So everybody came down. |
| | And this attracted some uninvited visitors. |
| | More ships headed that way. |
| | In the meantime we came closer to Makkum. |
| | The first sign of what was to come. |
| | The side of the ship. |
| | The sails went down again. |
| | And the ropes were prepared. |
| | Makkum Makkum and tiles. |
| | The entrance to Makkum. |
| | Lots of sailing boats. |
| | Our temporary anchorplace. |
| | Fishing boats .... |
| | This is "Jan", the schipper of the Iselmar. |
| | .... drying their nets. |
| | A first impression. |
| | One of the bridges. |
| | "De Waagtoren" from 1698. |
| | Stone plates in the tower. |
| | The sign that explains it all (in Dutch!). |
| | Makkum is famous for the ceramic tiles. Even the office sign of the tiles factory is made of these tiles. |
| | They got this mermaid too. |
| | View on the village with the tugboat "Wilskracht" in front. |
| | Local street (of course with a bicycle). |
| | Makkum is ideal for window shopping. |
| | Fine glassware. |
| | And a tile shop. |
| | A last picture in between the houses. |
| | Back to Harlingen We went back to Harlingen via the locks of Kornwerderzand again. The first thing we saw in "De Waddenzee" were some sunbathing seals. |
| | Poles indicating the local fishing grounds and nets. |
| | More poles .... |
| | .... and even more poles. |
| | Follow your leader. |
| | A "road" sign. |
| | A sign of .... |
| | Harlingen. |
| | Afterwards we had to sing seaman songs with "Windkracht 10". |
| | Ship's info The "Iselmar" is a two mast clipper, build in 1902.
Length 38 meters, width 6.1 meters, sail surface 400 ms.
It can house 34 guest.
Hot and cold water available.
3 showers, 220 V 50 Hz onboard. |
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appleseed81 Mon Jun 8, 2009 12:14 UTC
Haha... Why would Claus be with me? He doesn't make it as scarely as the mafia like little kids I saw along the streets... !! | mumymama Fri Apr 24, 2009 14:33 UTC
Hey, Pieter! Can you give me a tip about a large food supermarket in Amsterdam? or a food market near Watergraafsmeer:) | jumpingnorman Tue Apr 14, 2009 06:23 UTC
Hi Pieter! Hoe gaat het ermee? Enjoyed reading about your country and I am amazed how well you have organized the links...truly useful. Thanks for sharing -- I love the crime map, hehehe... | Arkeolog Sat Apr 11, 2009 07:59 UTC
Hi Pieter, your tips are useful and photos are nice. Great page for a great country. |
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